Written by one of the eminent historians this book brings out substantially the chief features of King Asoka's glorious rule.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

The work is very interesting and instructive and is designed to meet the requirements of the academic student of history and the general reader alike.

This is a comprehensive work dealing with the life and times of India`s first historical emperor, and a picture of the civilization of India in the early period of the fourth century BC. The author had utilized much material found in ...

With an introd. note by Brajendranath Seal